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Roster Notes: Wild, Devils, Panthers, Sabres, Capitals and Oilers

Rachel Blount of the Star Tribune: The Wild reassign 11 to the AHL:  Forwards: Erik Haula, Raphael Bussieres, Zack Phillips, Kris Foucault, Tyler Graovac and Josh Caron. Defensemen: Kyle Medvec, Corbin Baldwin and Colton Jobke. Goaltenders: Darcy Kuemper and Johan…

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Line Combos: Senators, Canadiens, Penguins, Sabres, Hurricanes and Blackhawks

Brent Wallace: Senators lines:  Michalek-DaCosta-Ryan; MacArthur-Turris-Conacher; Greening-Zibanejad-Condra; Kassian-Pageau-Neil. Marc Antoine Godin: Canadiens lines: Galchenyuk-Eller-Gallagher, Moen-Bournival-White, Blunden-Dumont-Tarnasky, Holland-St-Pierre-Thomas. Pittsburgh Penguins: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis, Jokinen-Malkin-Neal, Bennett-Sutter-Kobasew, Glass-Jeffrey-Adams. Mike Harrington: Sabres lines: Stafford w/Vanek & Hodgson, Ott-Ennis-Leino, Armia-Grigo-Girg, Kaleta-Larsson-Scott. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Terry, Gerbe-J. Staal-Dwyer,…

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San Jose Sharks 2013-14 Season Primer

Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: Another season’s gone. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau are a year older and no closer to the Stanley Cup. This wasn’t your typical Sharks campaign though, even if the result was familiar. The team went…

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Morning Hits: Panthers, Hybrid Icing, Clarkson, Scouting Leafs-Sens, Kassian, Avs, Zherdev, Boucher and Oilers

Harvey Fialkov: The Panthers will hold a press conference on Friday to introduce their new owners. Elliotte Friendman: The NHL and NHLPA are finalizing the language of hybrid icing. The NHLPA will begin their player survey's later this week. John…

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Injury Notes: Gagner, Voracek, Stalberg, Boll, Laich, MacKenzie, Daley and MacKinnon

Bob McKenzie: The doctors who did Oilers Sam Gagner's jaw surgery said he'll be out the lineup for two months. David Strehle: Flyers Jakub Voracek left last nights game with an upper-body injury. Sam Carchidi: Injured his lower-back after crashing into the…

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Line Combos: Devils, Blues, Maple Leafs and Flyers

Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Clowe-Elias-Brunner; Olesz-Zajac-Sislo; Pelley-Josefson-Gionta; Matteau-Sestito-Janssen. Lou Korac: Blues defensive pairings: Bouwmeester-Pietrangelo; Jackman-Shattenkirk; Whitney-Cole. Forward lines: Steen-Backes-Oshie; Schwartz-Sobotka-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Berglund-Tarasenko; Porter-Lapierre-Reaves. Tony Ambrogio: Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Clarkson, Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin, Ashton -Colborne -Bodie, Broll-McClement-Devane. Sam Carchidi: Flyers lines: Hartnell-G-Vor; Schenn-Vinny-Raffl; Talbot-Cout-Read; Rosehill-Laughton-Hall.

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Phil Kessel Suspended for Three Preseason Games

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel was suspended for three preseason games for his slash on Buffalo Sabres forward John Scott on Sunday night. What are you thoughts on the length of the suspension?

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Afternoon Hits: Clarkson, Projecting Blue Jackets roster, Stepan, Jets and Predators

Chris Johnston: League spokesman said that Maple Leafs David Clarkson has yet to officially file an appeal. He has until tomorrow night to start the process. John Shannon: Possibility of appeal explains Clarkson's silence. His comments could have been used in…

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Lines, Pairings and Goalies: Sharks, Sens, Leafs, Canes, Isles, Pens, Canadiens and Lightning

David Pollak: Sharks lines: Hertl-Thornton-Burns, Marleau-Couture-Kennedy, Wingels-Pavelski-Nieto, Hamilton-Desjardins-Sheppard. Defensemen and goalies: Demers, Boyle, Hannan, Vlasic, Irwin, Tennyson G: Niemi, Stalock. Bruce Garrioch: Senators lines: Dizzy-Smith-Neil, MacArthur-Turris-Stone, Greening-Da Costa-Petterson, Cowick-O'Brien-Robinson. Defensive pairings: Cowen-Wiercioch, Borowiecki-Ceci and Sdao-Corvo. Mark Masters: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Clarkson; Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin; Ashton-Colborne-Bodie; Broll-McClement-Devane; Raymond-Smith-Kessel; Leivo-Orr. Michael Smith:…

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The New Jersey Devils Sign Damien Brunner To A Two-Year Deal

The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Damien Brunner to a two deal worth $5 million. Brunner had been in camp on a PTO.

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Toronto Maple Leafs 2013-14 Season Primer

Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke’s Toronto Maple Leafs finally made the playoffs, mere months after he was fired. Although, to be fair, new GM Dave Nonis also played a role in Toronto’s first postseason trip…

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VIDEO: Brandon Bollig Shows Off His Soft Hands

After Patrick Kane displayed some fancy stick handling in a Bauer video, Blackhawks teammate Brandon Bollig wanted to show off his skills and soft hands. Kane video.

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